Maggot Moon

I am reading the novel Maggot Moon, by Sally Gardener. I have 216 pages of this book out of the total of 279. Both conflicts in this novel are external.

The conflict in this novel would be man vs. society. Standish against the forces of the Motherland. It would be his and his grandfathers will to survive that keeps them alive when the Motherland most wants them dead, and does everything in its power to have them disappear off of the face of the earth.

The conflict in final parts of the novel could also be considered as man vs. man. Where Standish and his grandfather are arguing over if or if not Standish should go to the moon set, and when the astronauts take their first steps on the 'moon' he would hold up a sign with the word HOAX written on it in big bold letters. So that the rest of the free world would know that the moon mission was all a lie.

I think that the initial conflict will be solved by Standish and his grandfather, deciding that it's best for all of humanity to know exactly what the Motherland would do to continue to control them. And that could be accomplished only by Standish in fact going to the set of the moon mission and holding up a sign saying HOAX on it, no matter the consequences.